The Battle of Kizil-tepe () was fought on August 25, 1877, between the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

and the

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. The Russian were attempting to besiege

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. The Ottomans, vastly superior in numbers, successfully lifted the siege.

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